Table 1.
Differences in socio-demographic factors and birth outcomes (birth weight and gestational age)
| Variables | Total | Birth weight | P value | Gestational age | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | LBW | NBW | Preterm | Term | |||
| Age | 0⋅360b | 0⋅487b | |||||
| 13–15 years | 32 (7⋅7) | 4 (22⋅2) | 16 (77⋅8) | 1 (5⋅0) | 19 (95⋅0) | ||
| 16–19 years | 384 (92⋅3) | 37 (14⋅8) | 213 (85⋅2) | 37 (13⋅1) | 246 (86⋅9) | ||
| Marital Status | 0⋅326b | 0⋅428b | |||||
| Single | 316 (76⋅0) | 28 (13⋅8) | 175 (86⋅2) | 26 (11⋅6) | 199 (88⋅4) | ||
| Married | 100 (24⋅0) | 13 (19⋅4) | 54 (80⋅6) | 12 (15⋅4) | 66 (84⋅6) | ||
| Occupation | 0⋅257b | 0⋅176b | |||||
| Unemployed | 298 (71⋅6) | 33 (15⋅6) | 163 (84⋅4) | 24 (10⋅9) | 196 (86⋅4) | ||
| Employed | 118 (28⋅4) | 8 (16⋅9) | 66 (83⋅1) | 14 (16⋅9) | 69 (83⋅1) | ||
| Parity | 0⋅845b | 1⋅000b | |||||
| 1 | 316 (76⋅0) | 30(14⋅9) | 172(85⋅1) | 29 (12⋅8) | 198 (87⋅2) | ||
| >1 | 100 (24⋅0) | 11 (16⋅2) | 57 (83⋅8) | 9(11⋅8) | 67 (88⋅2) | ||
| Education | 0⋅428a | 0⋅006a | |||||
| None | 19 (4⋅6) | 2 (16⋅7) | 10 (83⋅3) | 6 (40⋅0) | 9 (60) | ||
| Primary | 56 (13⋅5) | 3 (8⋅8) | 31 (91⋅2) | 2 (5⋅1) | 37 (94⋅9) | ||
| JHS | 255 (61⋅3) | 25 (14⋅5) | 148 (85⋅5) | 23 (12⋅2) | 165 (87⋅8) | ||
| SHS | 86 (20⋅7) | 11 (21⋅6) | 40 (78⋅4) | 7 (11⋅5) | 54 (88⋅5) | ||
| Income | 0⋅517a | 0⋅094a | |||||
| No Income | 310 (74⋅5) | 28 (13⋅6) | 178 (86⋅4) | 23 (10⋅0) | 206 (90⋅0) | ||
| Below 100 | 41 (9⋅9) | 4 (17⋅4) | 19 (82⋅6) | 7 (23⋅3) | 26 (76⋅7) | ||
| Between 100–500 | 61 (14⋅7) | 8 (21⋅1) | 30 (78⋅9) | 8 (19⋅0) | 34 (81⋅0) | ||
| Between 500–1000 | 4 (1⋅0) | 1 (33⋅3) | 2 (66⋅7) | 0 | 2 (100) | ||
HHS, Household Hunger Scale; LPI, Lived Poverty Index.
Bold values are significant at P < 0⋅05.
a
χ2.
b
Fischer's exact test.